According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida, Wesley Chapel, Florida man, 31-year-old Clayton Everett Colborn (aka, “Jason Rich,” “Jason,” “Clay,” or “Clayay”) pleaded guilty to two counts of enticement and coercion of a minor to engage in sexual activity, five counts of using minors to produceContinue Reading
A judge with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas sentenced a Houston-area child predator Feb. 9 to 80 years in federal prison for two counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of distribution of child pornography following an investigation conducted by Homeland SecurityContinue Reading
A judge sentenced Paul John McNicol, 30, of LeClaire, Iowa to 216 months in prison for receiving child pornography on Nov. 30 following a Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI, probe. The judge ordered McNicol to pay $10,000 in restitution and a $5,000 special assessment under the Justice for Victims ofContinue Reading
A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with one count of sexual exploitation of a child/production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography following a Homeland Security Investigations probe. Joel Cypert, 35, of Columbus, is accused of creating sexually explicitContinue Reading
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Tatiana Power (41, Weston) today pleaded guilty to a money laundering conspiracy related to a Florida-based international enterprise that operated subscription-based sexually exploitative “child modeling” websites. Power faces up to 20 years in federal prison. According to court documents, Tatiana Power (alsoContinue Reading
The mayor of Hudson, Ohio, is calling for the resignation of the entire Board of Education after high school seniors were assigned a controversial book with writing assignments that asked them to describe sexual experiences, to pretend they were a serial killer and to describe the taste of beer. “ItContinue Reading
Dustin Shane Sandiford (31, Citrus Springs) has pleaded guilty to using a minor to produce child sex abuse images. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years, in federal prison. He had been indicted on June 30, 2021. His sentencing hearing is scheduled forContinue Reading
U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced John Robert Cooney (54, Orlando) to 12 years in federal prison for receiving images of children being sexually abused using an online social media application (app). The court also ordered Cooney to register as a sex offender and forfeit the electronicContinue Reading
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reported that a Temple Terrace fire inspector has been arrested and accused of possessing “thousands of images and videos of child pornography, ranging in ages from infants to young teenagers,” Casey Dwayne Hannah, 40, of Seminole, was charged with 20 counts of Possession of Child Pornography.Continue Reading
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Sean Patrick Farrelly (47, Palm Coast) with sex trafficking of a minor girl. If convicted, Farrelly faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. According to theContinue Reading
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton sentenced “YoungTorture” member, Kevin Edward Schoffman (30, Deland) to seven years in federal prison for distribution and possession of child pornography. The Court also ordered him to pay restitution to the victims of the offense. He pleaded guilty on June 3, 2016. AccordingContinue Reading
